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Spring Semester Study Guide Kahoot and Jeopardy Links Race, Ethnicity, Gender Political #1 Political Geography Agricultural Kahoot https://jeopardylabs.com/play/food-23 Urban Geography
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http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/astronomy/interesting-documentary-about-light-pollution/68253 What do these images tell us about cities and urbanization?  Why? https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/96c9e022-1433-486c-88ba-4179720cd623
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35g_FEw5l8s What do they mean by quality of life? What regions of the world are represented the most in this list?  Why do you think that is? Name one of the cities you would like to visit and why? Which geographic categories/themes are used to define the quality of life? Work in your groups to go through the articles/videos/presentations to fill in the  ESPN Chart . 1.   Urbanization Will Change the (Developing) World 2.   The Radiant City 3.   Levittown 4.   Pollution in our Cities and Who It Impacts 5.   New Urbanism
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Cities of the World Edition!  Let's figure out where we are!  Finish our Group Projects and  Fill in Your Graphic Organizer  as the other groups present. What are two similarities you see between the various models? What are two differences between the models? How would you group these models together?  Why?
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https://www.theguardian.com/cities/ng-interactive/2015/jun/05/history-cities-50-buildings-interactive What do these buildings show you about cities in general? What are three similarities you see?  Where are these similarities located?  Does the location matter? What are three differences you see?  Where are these differences located?  Does the location matter? Group Poster Project .   Work Together to Define, Explain and Draw the Various Urban Models . PowerPoint for information (Slides 32+)
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http://www.npr.org/2017/04/22/525226773/bluff-the-listener ANALYZING POLITICAL CARTOONS Discuss, Analysis, and collaborate on the cartoon.  On a whiteboard, tell us what the cartoon is showing, what does it have to do with urbanization and is it positive or negative.  Pick one person to vocally communicate your ideas. LET'S PLAY QUIZLET LIVE! https://quizlet.com/203404801/urbanization-flash-cards/ Go To: quizlet.live and enter the code I show! Pick 3 vocabulary words from the Quizlet you know and define in your own words. ______________ means _____________________. ______________ means _____________________. ______________ means _____________________. Pick one vocabulary word you are still having trouble with and write on a sticky. Stick on the door on your way out today.
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What is real and what is fake?  Can you tell? http://www.prb.org/ http://www.worldatlas.com/citypops.htm What do we mean by urbanization?  What regions are the most urbanized?  Which cities are the largest?  Use the website above to fill out the worksheet. What is the largest city in the world? What region has the largest cities? What is one trend you noticed making the graph?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=237&v=pcZSU40RBrg&disable_polymer=true What country is this taking place? What geographic themes do you see at play in this concept? Why is space so important in urban areas? What is the term for the shape of cities?   Let's explore Site, Situation and other Urban Concepts ?  What makes cities cities? Sports teams: What can they tell us about changing cities and geography? What is the difference between a positive and negative city site? In your opinion what makes a city a city? What has changed about where our sports teams are located over the past 100 years?

Intro to Urbanization

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv1GXFFacyY Pick three of the cities and tell us one fact about it. What is one theme connecting all the cities together? What is one difference among all the cities? Cities, Cities, Cities.  Notice a Trend in the Graphic Above?  What are we going to be talking about?  Why are urban areas growing so big?  Let's explore in our  PowerPoint . What is the difference between Site and Situation?   What are the major city (ies) in your country?